SW z r - -f--... 12 PITTSBURG- ;jANTTAHY 1, j. hours. Mr. Gledhill will sue the city Tor destroying smoked stnrseon. S2 Pittsburg to have S-cent fares on the Pittsburg traction line to East Liberty after June 1. Luigi Casabona dupes a number of fellow-countrymen whom ho fat to work in the mines at Larimer, he Germania Bank will erect a seven ttory building In place of the burned one. Many workmen coining to Pitts burg to displace striking carpenters. The coke strike practically declared off. 2 Sisters or the Good " cuberd removed to Trov Hill by cei-rats....... -.r I'-ne Leo and the lit. Rev. Bishop Phelan. Ainlny speak-easies in the toils of the law. 15 Special Agent Ira in, of the Carpenters' Union, discharged because he talked too much. JJanv city cases for trial at the next term of conrt. SS Judge White directs wholesale liquor dealers refused a license to tho Supreme Court. Five agents named by the car penters to succeed lrwiu. 17 Conservatives won In the meeting of the Reformed Presbyterian Svnod last even ing and elected the Moderator. The National Butchers' Convention now in pension will erect abattoirs in Texas to upplv themselves with n-cat, 28 Tno congregation 1 Christ M. E. Ch-rch agree lo divide and form two congrega tions. The inque-t on two victims of the poisoned smoked burgeon shows it to be a clear case of poisoning. Philip Fleming, charged with -mbozzlement tries to kill Detectives Robinson and Shore in the office of the Home Hotel. 9 Dr. McAllister, in the Rc'onr.cd Presby terian Svnril, prepares to libel fourmin-ister"-; the mee'ing a stormy one. Jacob Evans arrested in Allegheny for a mur der committed in Roanoke," Va. Inter est in the carpenters' strike removed to theMibuibs. The coke strike complc'e ly ended and a full coke supply being snt from ihe Connellsville region; old 'forkmen begging lor work. SO Tandals despoil tho yards of residents on Center avenue, Birmingham, Knoxville ' and Allcntown soon lobe Drought close ' tn lMl.tfchiirr. Tin. Flnort Correspond ents Association isit Johnstown. Col ' lector Morrow says the legislation of the larc General Assembly will give the city $J0O,CM) annually. SI Mollie Hanlon, whilo trving to escape from two would-be abductors, plunges Into the Ohio river and is rescued by an old lady and her ton. JUNE. 1 The Coroner's jury censured George H. uieauiii tornot examining rue sturgeon Mild before curing it and held him re sponsible lor the death of Henry Broge anu J. nomas liomxe. 2 Annual meeting of tho Iron and Steel men to settle thr scale of wages for the coming j ear. Father Mollingcr, of Troy Hill, surrounded by thousands who de tire to be cured of their ills. Mrs. Nancy Howi while tiying to stop a quarrel is kicked to death". 8 The Disrwcu moved to its permanent home, ttiiithficlf! and Diamond streets. Heavy storr. swept ove- the city, dcmol-S-hmg dwellings and injuring two car penters. Residents of tl.e Southsido complain ot tie bad wster supply. 4 Allegheny to pend J750 000 annually to improve the ..creets. Tne Peoples' Bank benefited br the building and loan act signed by Governor Pattison. Councils to be asked by City Attorney Moreland to take action in regard to putting into effect the new street laws. Southside residents trouble 1 by the garbage and filth ot Braddock. 6 A member of i ho Society of the Cincin natti named David R. Smith is in the hospital department of the City Farm, suffering tiom paralysis. Mr. Smith is a descendentof Geneial Samuel A. Smith, ot the Continental Army; the only mem ber in Pittsburg- Kaufmann Bros., tiie ' clothiers, purchase the Central Hotel property lor $.30,000. The Planing Mill Association of Allegheny County sued for $10,000. The HigL School Committee recommend that the teachers be re elected next j ear. 6 Pitt -bnrg promised a river patrol boat. Superintendent Gray, of Leisenring Coke Mine, acquitted of murder in shooting anfl killing a str.kcr. 7 Tlie postal report shows a gratifying in crease in the population ot tho city. William Forgey, ot WUkinsburg, while insane from pain, attempts to commit Suicide, and failing, drops dead lrom sitart di-easo, """ Striking tradesmen want iron and steel workers to aid them. The defense ot the even young R. P. ministers is that youth is not a crime. Tho river coil opera tors broke the record by getting out 15.000 000 bushels or coal yesterday. 9 The Covenanter ministers again indulge in bitter denunciations of each other. The local conventions ot the po.litical paities m this, itv-passoff harmoniously. - thier robs the mite box or a fckarps trg chapel. he Sj nod of tho Trestiyterian Church declares against the live minister whp participatea in the East End meetings. More remarkable cures by' Father Mol linger at Troy KilL Many houses in Tarentum robbed during the absence ot the owners. 11 Members of School Boards must in the future take the oath of office. Th e build ing contractors expect a break in the strike next week. The Ladies' Health Association win another victory over the smoke. IS Father Mollinger receives many hundred pilgrims to the shrino ot St. Anthonyai.d Srescribes for their complaint-. O. B. iilligan, the ll-.tt End minister, will continue to pre.ich de-pite the action of the Svnod. iiayor Gourley tolls why he believes a leorganization of the po lice and fire bureaus necessary, fctnke leaders do not mind machine men work ing. The taxable property of Allegheny county, uccr.rding to the Commissioners repoi t, is $soo 000,000. 3 Father Mollniger celebrates the fesst of ' S'. Anthony on Troy Hill, and thousands of pilgrims are lorced to leave tho grounds nithout enteting the church. Mayor Gourley will in vetigate alleged police mUcnnduct. A disgraceful riot on the Mavflower. 14 l'olice raid a lashior.able speak-easy on Fourth avenue, much frequented by lcniale cour; clerks The lion worker.-' light taktu up in carn-est. A calm follows the storm in the U. 1. Church. Tho hottest day in the year caused several persons to die ofsun btioke. John Wilgus, whi'e fighting the flames in Wolfe, Howard & Cc's big ft ore, fallsandbieaks his neck. 15 The dog days cause many per.-ons to ba prostrated by tho heat. Rabid canines killed. Carnegie, Phipps & Co. start a new armor mill at Homestead. The strike still on and the condition of affairs unchanged. Activity in the Butler oil fieid. 15 Four persons die of the heat and many ill tromitsbanetul effects. City Attor ney Voxclai.d mam out hi- plan tor street improvements. The Junior Order .Chierican Mechanics' big day. Pittsburg Female College Trustees pleased with a Miadyside site. 17 Mayor Goui ley will try to end tho car penters' strike by acting as arbitrator. Father Jiolllnger leaves for a two months' lacatlon in. the East. Mrs. Ma ne Collins flies a sensational suit against her husband lor divoica and alimony. The Tin Plate Manufacturers' Associa tion meet in this city. 18 Mayor Gourley confers with tho Master Builders and Carpenter's Union in order to try to end the strike. Clay and Lucy Hogin indicted for killing tiieirmother. Iron men meet to di-cuss the yearlr sculc. The heat sends the death rule for tho week up to 107. 19 No report made to Coroner McDowell of the sniclde of Matthew Zeidler. Mayor Gouiley wlllagain try to reach an un derstanding with the Caipenters' Uni n und tue Master Builders. Allegheny Councils lay oi er the Pittsburg and Man chester traction ordinance. C. L. Mageo says that lumors of union between the l!iquu.-ne and Pittsburg Traction Com panies arc nonsense. 20 A mammoth hotel to be built. Golden, celebration ot the German Cathol-o Church, of Butter. A prohibition mass meeting held. Judge Slagle fotoids children being brought into Court to embarrass Justice. An Allegheny con stable arrested in a house of ill rcpttte, 21 Jealousy causes a murder in McJCces port. Thirtv million bu-iiels or eo:-l tent South." Richard SUaler kills L-onard Hilton over a game of cr.ip-. Thirty persons injured while on their wav a oii'iilc. 22 All labor organizations in the country to aid the 5-tnlcing carpenters. Ttiree men overcome bv heat tail Sroin roolsandiire killed. Chier Blown wants an opinion in the remodeled Brooks license bill. Bishop Phelan may sell Northside prop erty to the Government lor a lederal building. 23 The annual commencement of both High Schools: many gruduatesgiven diplomas. P. J. McGuironiisiiccessfiiliiihisattempt to effect a compromise between the car penters and buildcis. "Ihoeatiteot John 11. Mioenbcr-tcr, the milllonairc.iidjudi cattiu. Gr.i 'imioudayat the Coilego of the Holy Ghost. S4 The uiHlagc or taxes will decrease one .Bixtu. The city to be better prepared to "TTgTlt fire; wires to go under ground. 'Fojrth annual convention of steam titters, l'cnn Hank depo-itorsagain try ing to find their lest wc-ilth. 2j Alleirlu-ti v County Bar Association have heir annual picnic. Striking carpenters claim n victor. The commencement of the Wes:fi University of Pennsylvania hf'd. Assistant City Attornovs to be cicateil bv Councils. Ooiniuencement at St. Xaviera', Litrobc. Bishop Phelan miichabes two new church sites. 26 Bottlers think their business Trill be killed bv the new law. The stone aiHsous return to woik after eight weeks of unsuccessful strike. The general ettiko of hise builders weakening. Swindlers cscrted out of the ciry by the police. Matting of the Amalgamated Association ourned after nov officers were elected. 7 yiie water department is obliged to re- urn to coai: tney sav tnat smoKo con sumers will be used. A member of the British Steel and Iron Institute gives his opinion of Pittsburg. No concessions as yet made to striking carpenters. Judge Single opposed to decov telegrams by detectives. East End Gymnasium grounds dedicated by a grand flela day. A young woman floats down the Ohio in a skiff without oars, and is found sleep ing by two young men; believed to be demented. 2S Servia Cornelia, a counterfeiter, capt ured with a large quantity of spurious money. Many people crowd the city parks on Sunday. A gambling house and fancy speak-easy closed by the police. 29 Joseph Taper, a centenarian, tries to commit suicide, but is prevented from doing so. Fitzsimmons arraigned for the murder or Detective Gilkinson. E. Costclloiii jail charged with killing an Italian boy named Panaro. Last day for signing the Amalgamated scale. Realtv picking up. Many oil wells sunk nt McDon.ld. SO W.J. Howard asks by what right tho chieis of departments exercise their power: he attacks the uharter, and calls in attorney General Hcisel. Applicants for promotion lo the High School make an excellent showing. The Federal Courts will accept lower court paper book'. The suspended Covenanter min isters go into the United Presbyterian Church by permission of the Presbvtery. A compromise s-calo agreed upon by the Amalgamated Association; both sides make concessions. JCLT. 1 The carpenters yield the strike after many weeks' ineffectual idleness. They confess the eight-hoar movement was a mistake. Nine hours atid a hair holiday Satnrdavs will satisfy the men. The ac tions of" a Pre-bytefian Church leader described as being exactly like that of a heeler. The city begins an action against tha Central Tiaction Company on the charge that they arc destroying tho streets. A portion ot Center avenue ripped np. 2 Cairie Duff steals valuable diamonds that she might purchase a wedding out fit. The woe- ot wholesale liquor men under the new law. The late District Attornev Richard Johnson Duricdat St. Peter's P. E. Church ivith impressive ceifmonies. A number ot rapid transit booms break. Thirty-nve miles of city traveled in a street car in five hours. Tho desperate attempt of an Allegheny mother to commit suicide. Residents or Neville Island want an electric railroad. Carpenters return to work. A thief jump- from a moving train wearing a pair of handcuffs. S The big strike ends with the return of the Journeymen carpenters to work. An Alleghcnj- girl swallows an ounco of car bolic acid. Thcro were S7.000.000 glasses ot beer sold in Pittsbnrg during the last nseni year, me contest oetween tne Silshvand Amoskeag Engine Companies continued before the Master. Schenlev Park tho scene of a mammoth celebration, over 125.W0 people take part in the exercises. Three men drowned in the Mouongahela river off Braddook, their skiff being upset by tho wash of a steamer. A brilliant displav of fireworks makes the evening bright. A'novel scheme to use compressed niras a mo tive power introduced. Trouble over the appe.irance of non-union men at Du quesne. 5 Patrons of the jnbilee of yesterday have to foot the bills of the demonstration. A woman in Maiietta. O., celebrates her 107th birthday. She is still halo and may live several years. 6 Samuel Evans lesigns his position as Chief of the Fire Department. Tho County Coniini-sloners are authorized to enlarge the jail which has been found to bo too small. Fred C. Fitzsimmons lound guilty or tho Skelly robbery. Two prominent society men. A, T. Doughett and Thomas l'ouer Brown accused of embezzlement. 7 A frightful accident on tho Duquesno line in Oakland causss the cilyto stop tne cars, unless tney pay tne wages or cltv flagmen. Mr. Safford will press tho fight against the Amoskeag engine to a finish. The head of tho Fire Enreau to be called chief engineer. Building fu spectois enforce tbe law against erecting uiisn e buildings. a 8 P. II. Lauf'i.an & Co.'s new tin plate plant started in this city, making terno plate. The Amahiami ted scale signed by some works. Fred Fitzsimmons is Mowlv being drawn into tho meshes of the law. The bonded indebtedness of tho oity to bo increased. Biusuton takos another slico oat of Sterritt town ship. 9 Dr. E. T. Painter returns from Berlin and brands Koch's lymph as a fraud; says it kills, not cures, select Councils send the smoke preventing ordinanco back to committee. Tho affairs of the Amalgamated Association mixed. A youthful Allegheny couple elope and camp in the woods, and are arrested by Onio police. 10 Dr. Painter tells of his experience with the lymph. Allegheny doners safe in their "homos. The immense plate glass works at Irwin ready for operation. Chailes Stevens recovers lrom tho bite oi a copperhead -nake. 11 Telegraph companies are opposed to having their wires placed underground. Four per-ons jere killed on the local railroad lines yesterday. The Saturday half holiday law went into force; many went to parks or country; the theater matinee receives a boom fiom the effect or the law. II Mrs. Farrcl tries to kill her husband by putting poison in beer. Guardsmen say that their camp has been used to boom a new town. Fii e and traction ordinances tobenasscd this week. Tho mainline of the B.Utimoie and Ohio coining through this city will mean millions in improvements. 13 The National Guard grow more indig nant over the fact that thev were used as an advertising scheme. The Amalga- maieu scaie meets wun nrucu more trouble. The Toungsfovv n acts arc said to be illegal. The Pittsburg Traction Companv are allowed to cross Grant street without stopping. 1 Inspector McAlee-e cleans out an elegant faio parlor on Diamond street. Four davs allowed owners of dogs to take oat a license. Mrs. stratton dies over the disgraco of her son. Carpenters want to know how strike money was spent by tho officers of the Carpenters' Union. School boards in both cities in trouble over text books. Chief Brown will not be hurried in his appointment of a Chief Engineer for the fire department. 15 More money missing from the Lawrence Bank. Westinghouse Company fully re organized. Tablo ware manufacturers ready to begin operations. The trial of Kx-Officer Bell for the murder of Joseph Mangello begun in Quarter Sessions. 16 Four persons meet violent deaths from different causes on one spot in Keating. Amalgamated men want some returns from their strike lund. Bell Is acquitted of the murder of Mangello. Traction lino wars carried into Allegheny's Coun cils. The original package law again in question. 17 Inspector McAleese arrests William J. Dents at the Duquesne for obtaining money under false pretenses. Peter Mc Clarrcn dies from the effects of a blow. Pennsylvania Steel Company given a week to sign tho scale. Another co operative store fails. A wagon load of nttrc-glvcenne explodes in Washington, 1'a. Braddockand Turtle Creek Railroad begins operation. 18 The West End Street Railway Company nsksforan injunction against tho Pitts b'lrg, AliO'heny and Manche-ter Com pany. An expert Savors underground wiixs. Xotmi.ny offers ot Poor Farm sites. Manuiacturers worried over fuel lor thu future. A Colorado victim slowly wending his way homeward with the assistance of the authorities. 19 A tunnel projected to the Southside suburbs. A number ot spcak-easies raided. Northsldcrs want a park to rival schcnley. Seven vicious dogs put tho polict- to flight. Brush ton and Wiikins i'lirg fight over a piece of land. CO Sheriff McCleary wants additional force at the Dnque-iie Works. A milroad president predicts a big year. Father Mollinger very ill after the late great strain npon nim. Two weeks b-foro Chier ilrown will appoint a Chief Engi neer of tiio Fire Bureau. Trouble at Mceuon over the refusal to sign the scale. Mrs. W. E. Reed commits suicide at Bellevue. 21 A policeman vanquished bv soap ends. Medical experts sav that Pittsburg must have pure water. The danger of traction roads discussed in Councils; The. strike lit Dr.qucsne ended, the Amalgamated Association gives up tho fight. Allegheny Valley load will run into New York Cen tral's depot at Buffalo. 22 Judge Porter anil Detective Lanhorst accused of aiding a criminal. The Sieel Tubular Car Company collapses. Mrs. M. D. IVatson suing lor nine acres of land in Allegheny. Beaver Nail Company signs the Amalgamated scale. Campbell, of Ohio, the star guest at tho Randall Club's icte chamretre. The heat boiled milk in cans at tho railroad depot. A man 6hot on the Monongahela vrharf bo.it. 23 Pittsburg fraternal organization trusts. Many prominont New Yorkers view the opening o'be Irwin Glass Works. Enor mous taxes turned into the treasury. Scheme for a great arcade killed. Harry Boyd kills John Myford in the prize ring: they quarreled over a sweetheart, 24 Rosalind and Orlando "played under the trees on the Kenmaur fawn. Burrcll Mli fr, .1 ' iv-?i(-v i. in t- - y I.-J-II'-- - Jr --r ,' tl n '-itiur1ifflnr--T'ir5'-tfi r - rr V1&frfSir tV " '- in ifo rifr-ri-Tr irMiTnr" ,- -- fit, -v - 'if-' - - -' -r " , ' v . -v' ''.' . ' -w ,.. . . -.... ,. , ij-jfj. .'at .'- . ,..fe ' . Lynch, a Hagerstown, Md., colored man, loans a stranger at the Baltimore and Ohio depot 9230, and never sees him again. Pullman builds a novel street car, with steps in tho center, for Pitts burg. President Weihe, of the Amalga mated Association, has many contests to settle. Local armor plate makers com plimented bv a Government expert. 25 Frank Josephs, witli his wife, an ex-.nun in u Mexican convent, reached this city. Angry contestants in the Love case fight for their childien in the desertion court. A Yankee drummer of a Pittsburg firm afraid to stay in Hayti, and returns to this citv. A glut qr insnran ce agents. 35 Isaao Moody, of Allegheny, fatally In Jnred by the accidental discharge of a pistol. Secietary McGniro tells the storv of the strike. Jacob C. Allcs breaks out of St. Francis Hospital, and has a hilarious time. Two men brutally beaten by a gang. 27 O'Brien refuses to give evidenca against Stevens. Theodore Geagel's remaiks make the ladies angry. They will havo him arrested for larcenv. The Vesuvius Rolling Mills will lesume. The Brady street sewer menace- the safotv of the citizens of Soho. A mother and father in Lawrenceville drug their children with beer. 28 Two men leap from the Panhandle bridge on a wager. An expert says he will givo nttsburg an atmosphere free fiom smoKe. A woman attacked in the Li cense Court brings snit. Moorhcad & Co. fight the Amalgamated Association. 29 Pittsburg non-union men to go to St. Louis to take thp places of Amalgamated Association strikers. A nitro-glycerine magazine terrorizes tho residents of tho East End. Citizens of tho Sixteenth ward want to know why ex-Alderman Donghtv does not serve his sentence. "Mid-Slimmer Night's Dream" and "As You Like It" played in the open air. Mayor Gourley declines to have anything to do with the Straightout party. SO Higji street controversy carried to tho Supreme Court. President Wiehe de clares the big Steeito- strike illegal. Tarentum camp still the scene of warring factions. The children have their day at Valley Camp. Tho Lovo divorce suit still ih the courts. 81 Governor Pattison andhis staff visit Pittsburg A picture peddler almost scalped by angry women. A prisoner in the Fourteenth ward station house picks thelocks and walks out. The Bu reau of Health brings suit against 13 well-known doctors for not reporting births. The bricklavers fight still in prog! ess. A prominent southern negro arrested for larceny. AUGUST. 1 Competent tin platers found in this conn try. Ilor-eman Blown done upon a pat ent. Coroner McDowell buries 31 un known dead bodies. German printers in Allegheny in trouble over a boycott. 2 Testimony taken in tho Love divorco suit. Lively times in tho Americus Club. Delegates forPalzcll, but the alternates against him. Sharpers bunco an Ai kan sas farmer, and beat him out or $10,0.0. A war between the glass workers and manufacturers imminent. S A cutlerv plant to be moved to Alle ghenj'. The Stiaightout President, Hon. George Anderson, resigns. Glass men sign the scale. An excited woman tries to clean out Alderman McMasters' office. i Judge Ewing says the High street tracks must go. Experts find a shortage of $40,000 in Allejfheny's accounts. Amal gamated officials appeal direct to Secre tary Foster against imported tin makers. Louchaus M'lntosh's will contested. Aluminum pulled down to tho price of copper. 5 Henry M. Stanley has a stepfather living in Homestead named Wutking James. He says Stanley's right name is Row lands, and he was born in Camerthcn shtro. South Wales. Father Mollinger obliged to leave home owing to the lush. Viewcrsof lealty said to bo illegal offi cials. Green glass bottle make-s havo a dispute over the Board ot Trustees. 6 A boom in city bonds. A New York heir ess eiopes irom sowicKiey witnanau ventuier, who is now in the Tombs, N. Y. Business men will raise a fund to compel the u-o ot smoke consumers. Moorhcad Co., will give their men another hearing. An Allegheny officer named Shoemaker, goes to Alliance. O.. and without v,-arrant or requisition papers brings back a prisoner, who es capes at Beaver. Tho officer discharged. 7 Execution issued ngamst W. E. Schmertz for $100,030. Tho Second Brigade N. G. P. go into camp at Kensington. Governor Pattison and staff to icview them. Weihe believes the Amalgamated As90. elation will win a victory in St. Louis. Chicago Limited eastbound is wrecked nt East Palostine, the englneerand flre mau injured. H. II. Kcnney, a Pittsburg fugitive from j ustico captured in Can ada. 8 A soldier in Camp Kensington dies of sunstroke after a bath. A bold robber enters the Columbus Grove O., bank and makes the cashier hand over the money at the point of a levolver. The weather so hot that many weie prostrated. The Amalgamated Association considers the disputes of the Y'oungstown and Sharps burg mill employes. Peru cannot attack Chile because she is bankrupt. The McKeesport Board of Trade discuss pure politics from a non-partisan basis. The open hearth furnaces at Homestead closed. 9 Allegheny Cemetery officials will build a col mu bat mn for the cremated. A dross parade at Kensington. Real EsUite Agent Alles heldat ltoona. Sportsmen preparing for the squierel season. An other wonderful healer found on the Southside. 10 Mrs. II. Y.Wilson drops dead from heat; many people prostrated. Governor Pat ti0'i reviews the troops at Kensington. McKeesport must pay for its paupers. Grasshoppers visit farmers in Western Pennsylvania in hordes. Niedringh.ius wants alien laboiers in his tin plate works. Chief Brown says ho has not named a new chief for "the Are depart ment. Jacob C. Alles arrested in East Liberty. May Ballou, the balloonist, trios to commit suicide in the Mononga hela river. 11 Hundreds of ladies visit Camp Kensing ton and wade throuuh the mud. Nothing gained by the conference between the Sharpsburg Company and the menj T. Kent, a former Pittsburgor, who saw Lincoln shot, revisits his home. Her man Friidman's body found floating in the Monongahela. Policeman Diehl commits" suicide, arter ruining a -pretty waitress. 12 Sardines in a can poison an entire family. The Coroner's Jury in the Alba Iron Works accident charges the .company with gross carelessness and "criminal negligence. Swiss celebrate thesix hun dredth anniveisary ot their independ ence. Governor Pattison again reviews the gnard and compliments them. IS Hon. Miles Humphreys appointed chief of the Are department. One thousand childien sing for sweet charity's sake. Carnegie, Phipps & Co. roady to manu facture armor nlate at Homestead. Sham battle at Camp Kensington. Niedring haus sends to Wales for tin plate work ers. Discussion over abridge causes Al legheny's Councils to be lent asunder. A Turtle Creek j-oung man stays away from home two yeais, and when he re turns is refused admission. 14 The tunnel gang who shot Martin Mis levy all in jail. Shoebox Miller and Bev erly Jlosby arrive in Pittsburg. Much rotten fruit sold on the streets. Jury men accused of taking "loans" from law yers. Amalgamated officers in no hurry to move ngain't imported tin workers. Tho head of an ante-deluvian reptile found in Alleghenv. 15 Police on the track of tho murderer of old Mr. Reese. He was Elmer Bruner. Eastern creditors of W. E. Schmertz think they were ill ued. Officers of the United States Glass .Company say Hley are ready for bnsiness. Grand Army men demand an explanation of Colonel W. H. Reed. W. U. Thubron, of Allt-J gheny. arreted Tor refusing to "move on." He will sue the officers. 16 Brunei- still at large. Tho new Mangan ese metal to be made at Pittsburg. A wave of morality sweeps over the twin citie-. The Tarentum Campmeeting -Association holds its fortieth anniversary. The new Monongahela Iron, and Steel Works at Hays will begin operations in the lull. Lieutenant George Evans, of tho Tenth Cavalry, iiresidentof this city, sentenced to discharge by a court-martial for drunkenness. President Harrison commutes the sentence to suspension for u year and a half. 17 Brnner handed over to tho police by a National Guardsman. Iron companies enter into a combine, lv. of L. again crowing in the East. Turners makeaii big display at the laying or tho corner stone or their new hall. 18 Mr. Schmertz replies to his Eastern creditors. President Kliver, of the J?rotlicrhood, vl-its Pittsburg as prom ised. Grand Aimy men gather at Rock Point. Fanners say they are being driven lrom tlie Pittsburg markets. Allegheny's fire alarm system sadly out ot repair. 19 Schmertz wins the first victory in the suits of his Eastern creditors. Judge Stowo passes an opinion on the new street law. Agent O'Brien afler bad bovs who torment poor animals. Ar rangements ready for the Swiss celebra tion of their sir hundredth anniversary of independence. 20 Tho price of natural gas takes another big Jump. Rapid transit to be given to the residents of Bellevue. General Green B. Buum speaks well of Miller, the man being hounded by Mos by. James A. Chambers sued three times. President Weihe patches up a ,peace among Ohio iron workers. Typhoid levotin the East End traced to a .well. 21 AterriWe flro raging in tho McDonald Oil region. The Sheriff's posse called out I to fight the flames. All gas companies follow the lead or the Philadelphia Com pany and advance the price of natural, gas. Carpenter' Union offloials find a hornet's nestin Southside Union. East ern workers refuse to work for ex-Congressman Neidringhaus. Chief Murphy says he is being attacked. , 22 Pittsbnrg 'banks unite. Daughters of Liberty hold a lively and stormy meet ing over their trip to Waterbury. Mrs. 4 McNeal says her husband is stage struck. 'A borough war raging at McKees Rocks. The straightout primaries cause no ex-, citement in the city. James W. Miller allows himself to be"intervelwed on tho Mosby matter. Labor combines to form a glass trust. 28 Story of Shoo Box,Mlller told in full in The Dispatch. Devotion of Miss Mosby. Pittsburg have a busy day with speak easies and Chinese gambling house. The Countv fair onencd. 2 Miller produces additional evidence toj prove ins innocence, u. a. Oliver saySj that tin manufacturers are only delayedl from opening plants bydoubt. Vesuvius Iron Company's men uneasy. Tin straigiitouts. in convention to-day. wl be governed bv strict uartv rules. Muc money lost in natural gas by heatin; companies. 25 Big tnir of tho Alleirbenv Countv Assoc: tion opened at Tarentum. The brie! layers' strike over. Plate glass mag nates hold a conferece at the Andersdn. A warring time in Allegheny's Councils. A number of people from Pittsburg and Allegheny pav a visit to Treves to the shrine of the Holy Coat. ( 26 Miller offers still more evidence to prove his innocence. A postal official -avqrthe new office will soon bo opened. The new law of sect et ballots in force. Window glass men disagree. Inspector McAleese closes some lashionahlo wine pailors. Rivals of Jesse James appear in Pitts burg and attempt u cool daylight rob bery. 27 Pittsburg police capture tha leader of the Condry gang, Thomas Condry. Su peiiulendeiii; Weir receives additional power. The Vesuvius Mill owners suc ceed in getting more work done. Dalzell banqueted in Biaddock. A popular cry for public baths boing made. The last horse car ran over the Manchester Trac tion line. 23 Nelson testified against Miller to avoid prosecution himself. A Jeweler on the Southside killed in -the North Carolina wieck. Thomas Condry probably proves nn alibi. An enormous consignment of tin trom New Mexico. Harry D. Brunn brought back to Pittsbnrg. 9 Condry proves himself innocent of the Rudert murder in Tarentum. Ex-Mnvor Brush getting better. Dalzell attends a lawn fete of the WUkinsburg firemen. The amount ot tin in New Moxieo prac tically int-xhaustable. SI ivonic societies trying to save the three coudemned men in the Pittsbnrg jail. 30 An eloctrio line to carry passengers to the West End in 12 minutes. A great showing for the Foundling Hospital. John Stem plunges through flamesat tho Standard oil file to save himself. Two important changes made in the Depart ment of Public Safety by Chief Blown. 31 Swiss celebrate the six-hundreth anni versary of freedom. Agoigeouspaiade and bright entertainment. Mayor Gourley speaks to them. A type writer company formed here. Window glass men not reauy to resume, scuooi Chil dren return to their desks. SEPTEMBER. 1 James A. Chambers, tha great glass manufacturer, fails. Allegheny's Federal building cannot exceed the $65,000 appro priatcd. Three men stabbed at a Ross Grove picnic. Inspector McCncheou be gins a war on watered milk. Glass houses still idle. Judge Atcheson to de cide tho rights of a United States Mar shal. 2 James Chambers may escape the neces sity of making an assignment. The Philadelphia Company strike more gas in th; Washington county field. Samuel Early killed in a rnloon fight on Elev enth street. Serious results to the pic nickers at Koss Grovo becauso of the murder. The Pittsbnrg Exposition op?ned. Factory Inspector Mary O'Reilly finds Ttanneiy'iii Allegheny in such a condition that Americans will not work in it. 8 The Philadelphia Company promiso plenty of natural gas for the winter. A company, chartered in New Jersey to manutactnre iron pipe, secures control ot the Pittsburg companies and the market. The need of a fire boat demon strated at a West End fire. Deputy Factory Inspector Mary O'Reilly enforces the law in several Pittsburg factories. Judgo Ewing exonerates the Directors of the PennBink. The County Commissioners expect lots of Contests becauso of tho new law. Allegheny Councilmen nre that smoke is not a necessity. Union Building Tradesmen form a co-operative ex "change. The police begin an active war" against suit clubs. More teachers and schools needed. Sylvester Kirk must be tried" in Butler county. Another judg ment entered against James Chambers, who does not assign. 6 .lames Chambers at last makes an assign ment. Father Sheedy explains to Pitts burg Catholics the encyclical of Pope Leo on the labor question. Mrs. Love wins in court, and will retain possession of her young children. Councils' Finance Com mittee recommend an increase or$i,000, OOOin bonded indebtedness. The officials ot the Vesuvius lion Works will not spend $10,000 building houses for their men. 6 John Ott stabs and kills his brother Georee in Allegheny. Postal cleiks fiom all over the country attend the conven tion hero. McKecsnort's hospital a model institution. A Pittsburger has a start ling experience with load agents. Yel low ron- free of spcak-easies. 7 Public money botli in Allegheny and sharpsburg inising. Clerk Hastings shoit in his accounts: $30,000 missing from tlie market house books. Children enjoy a day at the Exposition. Armand Stevnrt, a" Belgian gentleman, visits Pittsburg to gather labor statistics for his Government. William C. Schmertz resigns the presidency of the Chamber of Commerce. 8 Allegheny's maiketmen say Clerk Hast ings is honest. Suspensions at the Pitts burg High School w ill not be made pub lic. Reckless drivinz causes Belle Wil son to be crushed under the wheels of a buggy. President Rae, of the United Mine Workers, enforces the mining law. 9 A plot to kill several wealthy Chinamen unearthed. Secietary McGuiro of the carpenters' union visits Pittsburg. Tho price or gas 5 cents a thousand makes return to the use or coal unnecessary. School children crowd the Pittsburg Ex position. Allegheny's Sinking Fund Commission considers bond matters. First dav of tho Children's Fairies' Car nival at the Exposition. 10 The revenues of Allegheny will exceed that expected by at least $1W,000; many Improvements will now he made. Smoke consuming railroad engines successfully tried on the Junction road. Tho city had four sudden deaths yesterday. The Railroad Men's Relief Association pay many large benefits. Tho new Builders' Exchange get their first big contract. 11 The Pleasant Valley roads wins the en trance to the Brighton road, shutting the Manchester Company out. Miss Mary O'Reilly and W. W. Baker, Factory In spectors, find but few violations of the factory law in Pittsburg. Journeymen bricklayers want to call the present strike off, and they, make overtures to tho master builders. An unknown in sane man starves himself to death at the West Penn Hospital., An old soldier thinks there is loo much circumlocution in tho Tension Office. 12 A new electric road will De built to Mans fle.dand Charticrs. The residents along tiic proposed, road will advance tho money. Thb Pittsburg Glass Companv will build a branch house at Spokane Falls, Wash. Dr. Emmens prepares a now metal for small fiuns to bo known as nichclum metal. Judge White decides that no moi a gas wells shall be sunk through coal mines. 18 Cnineso secret societies in this citv hire San Francisco thugs to murder wc'ultny Chinamcn. Dr. Dowio, the faith euro Methodist minister, will begin opera tions in Bethany. Tho worshipeis of the Christ M. E. Church use the Du quesne Theater. The Allegheny Pres bytery investigate the Rev. J. H. Baus- man. Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers hold a meeting in town. 14 Tho Mooibead-McCleane Company is temporarily emharrassed, and ask for an 'extension. Minors in the Connellsvillo coke region hoarding their earnings for another Dig strike. Chief Ehieis, or Allegheny, snspends Clerk Hastings. Tno high price of land deters the city from purchasing a Poor Farm. Tho Junction Railroad to' use bituminous coal with smoke consumers. All flint glass works again open. Right of way granted to the West End Electric Com pany. 15 Frederick C. Fitzsimmons, held in tho county jail on thu charge of murdering Detective Gilkinson, escapes in a mys terious manner fiom tlie prison. He crawls tin ough tho bars which he had sawed away. No trace of him found. The Moorhead-McCleano Company make a very good showing. Window 'glass manuiacturers and workers ngain confer. Clerk Hastings said to havo loft Altegheny. Tlie suspension of the Wales works sends the prico of tin plate up. 16 Fitzsimmons, although pursued by an army of deteotives, succeeds in keeping his whereabouts a secret. Ho had $4,000 on his person when he escaped. The Prison Board will investigate tlie jail's .management. The Homeopathic Statu Medical Society meet in Pittsburg; they demand recognition by the State. The window glass manufacturers conteg -plate importing labor. Harry Good, a kidnaped boy, found to be an heir to a fortnjne. 17 Allegheny reformers start a movement to flu the city treasury. The Western Unlpn Company gives the city correct timfa from Washington by electricity. -Air epidemic feared anions students of tlio Monroe School. No trace of Fltz jummons found by. the detectives. Ban lits spread terror along the Steuuenvillo Jpike. Window glass workers return ut I lust year's scalf . 18f-A Welsh tin manufacturer decides to move nis pianc irom Swansea to a pome near Pittsburg1. The Jail investigators promise to reveal the secrets of that place. Citizens or Observatory Hill want anew ward formed. Railway mns nates laugh at Councilman Gilliford's statement. The Allegheny Heating Companj- considers Shields' shortage. 19 Pittsburg Chinamen advertise in San Francisco for a highbinder to come to the city and murder their enemies. Thomas T. Shields settles with the Alle gheny Heating Company and is allowed to co free. A horrible accident occurred at the Homestead Iron Works caused by the upsetting or a ladle of molten iron; two men die and font cannot lecover. Trades unions will not admit lawyers and politicians. 20 A colored girl, during the quarrel of two admirers, is stabbed in the back. Kev. Father llcDermott, of St. Paul's K. C. Cathedral, proposes a plan to doawnv with fairs and picnic". A church and convent to be erectedat Thirty-third and imuiT sireeis Dy uie i&oman uatnoucs. An explosion at Jones & Laughlins shakes the Soutbslde. Manv speak-easies raided in Pittsburg and Allegheny. 21 Tho trial of Mrs. Fitzsiinmons for com plicity in the Gilkinson murder ready for the attention of the Quarter Sessions. Warden Berlin given 4S hours in which to answer any charges. The Standard Plate Glass Company goes into the hands oi n receiver. Carpenters determined to Btiike. The L'liiladelphia Company wants the city to pay lor the gas it is using without any contract. 22 Tho Investigating Committee say there are tnanyjobs in the working of the jail. Mrs. Lucy Fitzsimmons tells her version of the Gilkinson tragedy. The Home stead mill force quits to attend n funeral and then go on strike. A strike at a Charticrs iron works. Marble workers oppose prison labor. ThcrMoorhead-Mo-Cieane Company in better condition. 23 Kailroad miners in the Pittsburg dis trict ask for an increase in pay to S cents a bushel in one week or they will strike; 9,000 men involved. Superintend ent Weir says the new wholesale liquor law must be enforced. Judge Ewing charges rho jury in the .Fitzsimuions c9o. Anight of melody at the Exposi tion; Moore's verses sang. Pittsburg has a mania for divorces. 21 John B. Berlin resigns as Warden of the Jail and his lesignation is accepted. Moorhead-McCleane creditors giant an extension. A collision n McKim's sta tion on the Pittsbuig & Western Rail road causes seven men to lose their lives. Mrs. Fitzsimmons found guilty of murder in the second degree. A new trial to be asked for. The breach be tween the Federation arid Knights of Labor grows wider. Judge Ewing ad dresses jurors on "conscientious ' scru ples." 25 Another falce Fitzsimmons arrested in the South and sent to Pittsburg. Tho BIssell accommodation, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, goes through an open switch at Linden station, and falls into Second avenue, blocking travel: six men injured. The body of Emma Gross, of McDonald, supposed to have been mur dered bv Albeit Catlm, is found under a log. Patients of a Southside female physician tender her a banquet on her birthday. Lives and proncrtv placed in jeopardy by reckless blasting in Sehen lov Park. 25 Coal operators charge the railroad minera with bad laith. Tho miners' lea dci s try to show the Jnsticoor their demand. "West End people flntl it diffi cult to agree upon a route-for the elec tric road. Factory Inspector Mary O'Reilly will complete her work m another week. Nine applications for divoros filed. 27 A mistake in transcribingkeeps McKees' Rocks from becoming a borough. Pitts burg and Allegheny schools crowded with pupils. A new motor for street roads invented by a Pittsburz man. But very few street cars left in tho city. The week in trade gives confidence to busi ness men. Bohemians ci eate a riot on I'enn avennc. 23 Carnegie, Philips & Co. bring suit against the Philadelphia Company to compel them to supply gas. Many Councilmcn opposed lo tho bond increase. A large butter warehouso on Water street do stioyedby Are. Democrats fill the city preparatory to their convention. The United Presbyterian Synod in session. Miner massing their forces for a great strike. 29 The Philadelphia Company strike back at Cnrnezie & Co.bv filing a large bill for gas, amounting to $552,000. The Piesby terians want more money to run their elementary institutions. Colored clubs to tho number of S3 meet in convention in this city. 30 The Allegheny Anaiting Committee finds that tho stub books, which should show the disposition of certain moneys, are gone. Veterans' Day at the Exposi tion, and thousands of them attend. Pittsburg Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church begins its Sixty-eighth annual session at Uniontown, and a yoar of remarknblo progiesj is reported. It is found that many of tho State records have been stolen from the Court House. Michael Maloncy, placed on trial for tho murdei: of Austin L. Reid, pleads self de fonsc OCTOBER, 1 Fitzsimmons gives up $1,000 to assist his convicted wifo in getting a new trial. Allegheny Presbytery holds a special meeting to take action npon the case of Rev. J. H. Bausman, and ho is merely ad monished to beware of future impru dence. The United Mine Workers to go out on a strike for the eight-hour day. Pittsbnrg Conference votes against ad mission of women delegates; 2 It transpires that Fitzsimmons' motive for escape was largely his love forxi woman. Paik work stopped for the year. Allegheny's funds aio running low. Largo accessions to the striking miners ranks; large meeting of operators held in Pittsburg. The printers' strike grows In teresting. Michael Maloney found guilty of murder in the second degree. 8 A bu-iness house and hotel projected for tho Point. Inspector McAleese appointed Warden of the jail. Men lrom seven more coal mines join the strikers. A new reservoir to be built to supply tha downtown portion of the city with watpr. 4 Police Captain Silvis appointed tothe in spectorship. Neither miners nor opera tors show signs of early giving in. The great Mevev well surprises the oil world by producing 650 barrels per hour by slight agitation 5 The Phillipshurg Bank succumbs to tha miners' panic. Pittsbnrg in sudden need of a lockup, the Diamond street building being leased to private parties. The police wage war against liquor wholesalers. All the mines along tho Monongahela withont men, and the gen eral aspect one of a complete strike. Robert Denniston is appointed Police Captain and James Glenq Lieutenant. The State Supreme Court convenes for October term and hands down 101 opin ions. 6 Pittsburg Presbytery meets and adopts a report on revision softening tho doctrines or election and preterition. A new City Hall pi oposed, the old to be left exclusively to the police depart ment. Allegheny's financial affairs in a tangle. An alleged combine of coal operators broken nn by Wheeling gas men backing an operation who pays the advance. The Mevey well af McDonald produces 18 000 barrels in one day. Lamp thrower James htewnrt,found guilty of murder in the second degrto for killing his wile. 7 The liquor business is depressed and the fit st failure occurs, that of the Smi thfleld street saloon licensed to Frederick Tress, but supposedly kept by Tobias McCurry. Mine workers win and five of the big onetators hsve signed the scale. John Tierney, killer ot bis wife, found guilty in tho second degree. County Commis sioner Mercer demands honest assess ment methods. The two cities produce one-thiid of the oak tanned leather product of tho United States. 8 The Y. M. C. A. opens Its twonty-fourth annual convention at Franklin. Georgo Wilson found guilty of burglary. An analysis proves tho genuineness of the Demler tin plate. 9 Capture in Pittsburg of a Williamsport criminal who escaped from tho Sheriff. OH production at McDonald increases to 44,000 ban els per day. 10 National Prison Congress opens in Car negie Hall, Allegheny, with ex-President Ruthei loi d B. Hayes in the chair, and tho burden of the utterances is mercy, not menace, for criminals. Citizens' micl Du quesne Traction companies are wai ring over a piece of land on Penn avenue. Window glass makers looking lor a boom. Miners' officials send out an appeal for aid. 11 An Italian murder in the East End, An corosa slashing Antonelli to death lor a debt and escaping arrest. A healing mission opened in the city by Rev. Dr. Dowie. faith curist. Fatal fire in a Penn nvenne Polish tenement. 12 Pittsburg rivermen leave for j;ho water ways meeting at Evansvllle, Ind. The Prison Congress delegates visit RiversidS and think favorably of It. Verdict of manslaughter against Richard T. Sohooley for the shooting ot Leonard Hilton. Coal operators claim that the miners are entirely to blame for the present state of affairs. Ordipance for a popular vote on the issue of street bonds passes Councils. . " 13 A Liberty street flour sack factory and a crockery warehouse burned. The hotels are all crowded. Prison Congress dele gates inspect the county workhouse. 14 Members of the Prison Congress yisit Morganza. Close of the session. 15 Effect of the miners' strike beginning to bo felt by railroads. A portion or the scale settled at the Edear Thomeon Steel Works. McDonald Held produces 52.00 barrels per daj- high water mark. Plans accepted Tor the Newsboys' Home. IS The Keystone Bridge Companv. backed Dy uarnegie, to Dulia a world's air tower to eclipse the Eiffel structure. Tho Pittsburg Exposition financially falls below last season's record. 17 The Philadelphia Company promises plenty of gas for flvo years and no in crease of price. Murderer Fitzsimmons writes a letter to TheDisfatcb. Monon- gahela Valley manufacturers embar rassed bv want of coal. Oliver & Roberts announce they can nay their indebted ness in five anuuil installments. Mis sionary convention of the Christian Church opens. Exposition closes. , 18 L. C. Hutchinson, or the Allegheny Na tional Bank, meets death bv an accident in Colorado. Pittsburg praised by tho street car men 'from the country over. Part of Phillips & Co.'s glass works burned. Movement started to effect a great tennis organization in Pittsburg. 19 Ex-3Iarket Clerk Hastings.'or Allegheny, on trial ror embezzlement. Great influx ot street car ana railway men who-come to attend the convention. Mvsterions disappearance or Operator Malesberg causes the closing or his mines at Web ster. Reardon fonnd gttiltv of second de grco murder for shooting Mislevy. 20 A heavy gas explosion followed by Are sweeps away George W. Snaman's store in Allegheny, nt a loss or $.',G.(Xj0. George C. Leonard, or Beaver Falls, gets a back pension or $22,000. 21 Dr. Cyrus Teed, fonndcr of the Koreshan Community in California, is in confer ence with the Economltes. President Costello issues a call loranother conven tion of miners. Bartley Costello found guilty ot involuntary manslaughter for causing the death or Constantino Pemoi a. 22 Xavier Steffler shot down and almost instantly killed in Olkdale by Thomas McMahon, who is Jailed on a charge of murder, but claims ho intended only to shoot Steffier's dog. A plan for saving the gas of coke oven', now wasted by mil lions of feet, is put forward by Engineer M. V. Smith. Coal men urge the taxa tion of oil lands at their high value as such, rather than as farming lands. Residents of the Youghiogheny Valley fear violence may arise among tho miners. Tho-United Presbyterian Svnod refers the Reed case to the Presbvtery. The Street Riilway Men's Association banquets nt the Monongahela. 23 Theodore Doerflinger. Wjlle avenue druggist, is short in his acennnts as a School Board Treasurer $7,500. and !c is rumored attempted suicide. American Street Railway Association members leaving the city. The Standard Oil Com pany building large tanks for the South west field. 24 Jerry Buckley was shot down by negroes at WUkinsburg and his slayers narrow ly escaped lynching. Corner stone of the Brnshton school building laid. Solomon Kirk an csted for robbing a woman. The cas of Holmes to be, reopened bv the carpenters. Corner stone of the Chnrch of tho Good Shepherd laid. Mrs. Fitz Simmons is sentenced ana causes a dra matic scene. 25 The WUkinsburg branch of theDuquesne Traction Line opened. 26 Doeifiinger, the embezzler, on his way to the West. Miners claim to have b-en hoodwinked by cOal operators and a general strike is now declared. 27 Doerflinger is captured at Omaha. Presi dent O'Neill resigns. 28 Allcghcnians about equally divided on the matter of issuing bonds and it is to be decided by ballot. News or the death or Cashier Hutchinson from the results of an accident in Colorado. The Modern Building and Loan Association is inves tigating Doeiflinger's methods. Coal operators will evict Btriking tenants. 29 Coal operators score a point throughout the district. The Youghiogheny Vnlley the only stronghold or the strikers. Pawnbroker Stern heavily fined for operating without a license. 30 A $60,000 Are wipes out two large work shops on Penn avenue. President Rob erts, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, gives assurance of the building of a new Union station. The Anal report of Treas urer Thompson, or tho Pittsburg Citi zens' Johnstown Relief Committee, shows that or the $330,7S8 contributed in the State, this city gave $253 000. Roger O'Mara returns from the West -with Doerflinger in custody. SI Startling charges are made against the Mayor and Chief of the Department of Public Safety of Allegheny. Al'egheny citizens are opposed to an increasoof bonded indebtedness. The Homestead Steel Works is making electric rails that may supplant tho trolley lines. Thomas Gusalch, a Pole, is killed bv rolling mill machinery. One person killed and sev eral injured on the Connellsvillo and Leisenring electric road tho first day it is operated. Cornerstone of McKees port s hospital is laid. NOVEMBEIt. 1 The now town of Ellwood baptized with flro to the amount of $40,000 loss. A war beaun between rival faith healers. 2 Wiitiam Wnddlc, a Bennett station blacksmith, killed at hlslorge by the dis charge or two old gun barrels, supposed not to be loaded, which he was heating. Coal operators feeling certain they can resume. Pittsburg not much affected by the Boston bank failure. 3 The coal miners in convention decide to return to work at the old rate. 4 Faith Curer Dowio has large crowds at Carnegie Hall. Detective Braun says he was attacked by an Allegheny oflicial, and is afraid that he will be killed. Fire, water and smoke damage Liberty street pioperties to the amount of $10,000. A 12-siory building nnnounced for the Sla geo corner of Fifth avenue and Grant street. 8 About 1.000 miners of the Pittsburg dis trict refused to return to work bocaus-o tho operators fail to recognize the miners' union, and another general strike is threatened. Low water in the river makes a coal famine from a little bolow Pittsbnrg to Cincinnati. All street im provements, with the exception of those absolutely necessary, will await tho action of the courts on tho new law re lating to them. Three and a halfmilllons of taxes collected In Pittsburg during the current year. Lanra Hill, accomplice of Fitzsimmons, is set free because of her valuable testimony. 6 About 00 men quit work at Jones & Lnnghlins because hours of labor are in creased without corresponding increase of pay. Miners troubles breaking out again in the Pittsbnrg district. 7 Dr. Frank Doyle committed suicide. Pittsburgers demand that the Citv Expo sition bo open during the World's Fair year. Heavy death rate among children is noted. Reciprocity bringing a heavy South American trade to tho city. Draw game of football plaved in Exposition Park. J. Palmer O'Ncii sells 50 shares of baseball stock. A wild steer causes ex citement in Allegheny. 8 The decline of crime becoming more manifest about the city streets day by day. Evidence of the exist ence of a local branch of one of tho gieat Chinese secret socie ties is brought to light. Officials of tho Amalgamated Association endeavor to bring' about a compromise at Jones. & Lnughlins' mill. The Pittsbnrg Young Men's Christian Association celebrates its qnarto centennial and is addressed bv Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuylerot Brook lyn. ' 9 Mayor Wyman and .Chief Murphy, of Allegheny, demand a hearing on the charges mane against them. Pastor Bausman, of Rochester, is upheld by his church against the Allegheny Presby tery, and many reasons are given why the pa-'oral relation should, not be sev ered. Mayor Gourley appoints a com mittee to represent Pittsburg's claims for the Republican National Convention. Sharpsburg badly scourged by speak easies. Rivermen lose heavily by reason of long continued low water. Tho feu- prenfe Court decides that tlie Delamater case must be tried In Clearfield county. 10 The chrysanthemum show opens at the Auditorium. Anoflier fire occurs at Mc Donald. Rev. Bausman, Rochester's Pres byterian minister. Is cleared or heresy and allowed to retain his charge, but cautioned by the Allegheny Presbvtery. Assessments in Allegheny are increased 50 per cent. Southside mill trouliles quieted; the men will go to work and their grievance is referred to the Amal gamated National Committee. ' 11 Carnegie Library plans to the number of 8o put oh exhibition In the new Ferguson building. The new Union station to ba located In tho Panhandle yards, opening on Giant and Seventh streets, filicide . ot Attorney George R. Lawrenco in u Now York hotel. Talk again plenty of annexing the conntytothecity. "Orange Blossom," Joe Mulhatton, locked up on a charge ot rubbery. Homestead citi zens won't pay increased price lor gas. "The Snpremo Cour.t finishes its session in Pittsburg. 12 An English lace manufacturer seeks a Southside location. Henry Dallmyer dies fiom injuries received in a fall while walking In his sleep at his Havs- ville residence. Edward A. Keil elected. treasurer ui me aarionui,.LiUUtj oi tue Amalgamated Association,, Eccentric Mrs. Mary E. Toomey (lies and leaves $1,000,000 fortune. The Allegheny Audit ing andjinance Committees are at war. 13 Various complications arise over the capture of Embezzler Leech, private de tectives being arrested on a charge of conspiracy. John B. Alexander, in the Central station on charges of horse steal ing, forgery and larceny, makes sensa tional charges against his Indiana coun ty prosecutors. Actor J. K. Emmet, Jr., and others arrested for violating tho Sunday statutes, in making an advertis ing parade. Sewickley residence of R. P. Bailey burned. Firi- in Lawrenceville district, originating in G. W. Lea's drag store, causes $20,000 loss. 14 General comment excited by Chief El liott's reeommendatlonfor the purchase of the Alexander nnd Lee properties for jroor r arm purposes. .At tord City a bronze statue nnveiled in honor or Capt. J. B. Ford, father of the plate glass in dustry, Congressman John Dalzell being the speaker or the day. Local meeting of Anarchists to commemorate the Il.ir markn riot. The Trimble estate to be sold. 15 Tiusteo John Dns-, of the Economlte So ciety, denies tho various stories to tho effect that Dr. Teed would merge the Koreshan Society with theirs. Tlie Pitts burg and Birmingham Traction Com gany will bui'dan incline plane at Tenth and Bradford streets. Rev. Charles Ed ward Locke makes caustic remarks on divine healers and impostors. 16 In a Panhandle wreck near Burgetts town Brakeman George Hurdv is roasted to death, several others are injured and 30 fri'lght cars arc burned, causing a !o-s or $100,000. The Pittsburg Tiaction Com pany makes a good showing for the year. The local bowling season opened in a triangular contest at BelleAeld. Slayor Wyman, of Allegheny, denies the Juris diction of the Auditing Committee, but sati-Aed to have the charges tried before a Court of Justice. Another Poor Farm site offered tho cits'. Aden and Morris on trial for the murder of Young Buckley during tho Moorehcad mill strike, deny . their guilt. 17 Max Schamberg, Consul from Austria Hungary to Pittsburg, becomes inter ested in the alleged persecution of the Huns by Allegheny's city officials, anil proposes to take action for their defense. A little blizzard co'no- to town and sends the mercury down to 193. The amountof coal tied np awaiting rise of the rivers is 17,000,000 bushels. Ev-Prlest Slatterly, lecturer ngainst the. Romrn Catholic re ligion, locked up on' a charge of selling improper books. The Corry bank's shortage Agnred at $170 000. A brother-in-law of Trustee Dus, of the Economitu Society, formally charged that he and Dr. Teed are working to sesure thp com munity's millions. Aden and Morris acquitted of the Buckley murder. 18 Pittsburg police asked to aid in sup pressing Fayette county outlaws. Three men killed bv a railway accident at Greensburg.- It 13 charged that Mayor Wyman, ot Allegheny, did not pav vari ous licenses due thecitv. Henrv Phipps, Jr., donates $100 000 for a conservatory in the park. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Lattn, of Westmoreland county, busy in the city trying to procure a pardon for Silas Gray. Many oil wells shut down by the cold snap. 19 Many petrified bodies exhumed in Troy Hill Cemeteries. Allegheny Councils abolish the office of Fire Bureau Clerk I Coal famine reports increase from all along the river, and tho situation is be coming desperate. Philadelphia's liquor license system likely to be introduced in Pittsburg. 20 Dr. Edwin T. Painter, or Oakland dis trict, Koch cure, patient, returns from 'Germany and pronounces the remedy a failure. Rivermen anxious for a rise of water. City Solicitor Elphinstone, of Allegheny, prepares the cases against officials. The North-ided Protective Association enters suits for the revoca tion of wholesale liquor dealers' licenses. Colonel Roberts lectures at Western Uni versity on modern ship canals. 21 Rev. Carl Weil, ex-pastor of the Evan gelical Lutheran Church, Sixth avenue and Smithfield, commits suicide by shootlng himself on the doorstep of his home, after acting strangely for several days. Business men protest against present Exposition methods. The Cor oner finds that John H. Orr. the Pitts burg glassmaker, was murdered by Ital ians at Jeannette. Arrest of a colored man claiming to be a United States de tective. The city must pay a big bill for the Curr-PfeilTer contest. 22 Fittsburgsteel men havelittle faith in the genuineness of the New York non-union steel plant scheme. Tne B. & O. R. R. to erect a station nt Thirty-third street. Prominent Standard Oil men in town. Rev. A. W. Arundel assumes charge of Trinity Episcopal Church and preaches his salutatory sermon. City police again raid speak-casies. 23 The wind plays havoc in the two cities, shattering buildings, blowing down an electric light tower in Allegheny, caus ing a panic in a 6chool nnd causing sev eral injuries'to person. Allegheny Chief oi ruDitc fcatety junrpny answers tne charges of the Auditing Committee. Dynamite explodes in a trunk on a Penn sylvania Railroad train near Irwin, and the owner, a Hungarian, was arrested. The river is rising. The Bailsman case is not regarded by the Allegheny Presby tery as settled; the pastor i only given time. The Academy of Sciences is push ing university extension. 24 The water having risen, coal goes down the river on every available craft. Pool & Co.'s private bank at Irwin snspends. Rev. Joseph Shechcy, cla'ming to bean nrmychaplain, locked np on a charge of disorderly conduct. Tho Mozart Club Concert opens the music season. 25 Two Washington county children, aged 20 nnd 16, elopo and are arrested in the city. Snicidc or Michael G. Fasani, a cook at the Duquesne. Fred J. Stevens arrested on a charge of aggravated assault and battery, having, it was alleged, attempted to kill his wifo be cause she would not transfer property to him. Fire destroys tho car Irani of tho Second avenue line. 2Q cars and five horses, also Bolin's Hotel. Gemde con victed of murder in the first degree for the killing of his step child. 26 Thanksgiving Day varionsly and very generally observed in both cities. The Duquesne and Pittsbnrg Traction com bine is closed. The audit or the Franklin School Board's books shows that Doer li'nger's defalcation as Treasurer was 417,931, of which $3,091 has been realized from sale of his seized store, etc. Five highw-ymen arrested in the West End. East End Gvms at Liberty Park defent the Media Football team, bv 20 to 12. Pittsburg molders threatened with re duction o' pay. ' 27 Allegheny Councils trvto induce peace among fire officials. " The war between the West Penn Gas Companv and the people of Leechburg culminates in the shutting off of the gas, and then Judge Rayburn grants an injunction against the company and the citizens have a temporary victory. New Jersey lawyers working to get big back pav for Pitts burg election supervisors. Fitzsimmons said to be in Grceno county playing the deaf mute dodge. Liquor whole-alers disobey the law. Retailers meet and organize to oppose measures they re gard offensive. 28 Mayor Wyman of Allegheny arrested on charges of extortion and embezzlement. Seven convicts who bad dug a tunnel at Riverside baffled in escaping. Cold wave comes. Allan Williams fatally in jured by a B. & O. engine. t.Money flow ing into the city as a result of coal ship ments. 59 General complaint about oil in the waters, iron manufacturers expecting nn improved market. 30 Fare raised to 5 cents on the Firth ave nue line. Mysterious di'appearance of James W. Shink, formerly or Harper's Fe ny. Ya., irom this cltv, begins to ex cite nis friends. The oil "report for No- ember shows a falling off. DECEMBER. 1 Equalization of fares gives the Duquesno road the advantagoiover tho Fifth ave nue line. Allegheny's Public Safety Committee pays littl" attention tothe protection of tlie Huns nud tables complaints made- in their interests. Frederick Abbott, wealthy farmer, of Baldwin township, commits suicide. Murdoch, Kerr & Co. obtain a decision against striking printers, who will ap peal. Four prominent Pittsburgers ar rested and fined in West Virginia for vio lating the game law. Contract let for constructing tho Gn-enfleld avenue branch of the Second avenue line. 2 Contractors sue the city lor money; the treasury is bare and the issuance of bonds is the only means of relief. More nrrestsof Allegheny officials scheduled by the Eerorm Association. Tno Car negie Library Committee is to make efforts to fill the art gallery. Pennsyl vania leads In tho number and prom inence or Scotch-irishmen. Claims or in sanity in the third trial or Frank Gerado forniurdcr. S Henry Bowmaster killed by James N. Taylor at Duquesne. Ex-Mayor Pearson, of Allegheny, arrested on a charge of embezzlement nnd waives a hearing. Internal Revenue Collector Warmcastle surprised bv the preferment of charges against him" by Government agonts. The revolution in Allegheny to bo further in creased by the dividing of wards and election districts. Striking printers will make a test case of Victor Williams' damage suit against the Murdochs'. The United Jline Workers are supplanted in the coke region by the new order of Federated Brotherhood of Coke Workers ' 4 Pitteburg school teachers request moro pay and are grantea tno increase, a no coffee roasting establishment of Ha worth & Dewhnrst, at 41 Seventh street, de stroyed by fire. Hundreds of Italians leaving for their former homes. A bold sneak thief enters a residence by day light, and when discovered draws a re volver and escapes. Amberson avenue the battle ground for the first te3t suit of thenewlaw. Allegheny has another bis bill for lighting. Detectives capture three McKeesport thieves. 6 Dr. W. H. Winslow analyzes tho city's watersnpply and predicts an epidemic. Doerflinger is made librarian of the jail by Warden McAleese. Mayor Gourley signs the ordinance of tha West End Electric Railroad Companv. Allegheny has but 97 acres of ground in her poor farm. Nelson Somners slashes Henry Harris' throat with a penknife Chauncey Depew and a ptrty of New York Central officials visit Pitt3burg. AU night cars to run on the Dnquesne line. 6 The suit of the Allegheny National Bank against Baron Isadora Lagerfelt will bo dismissed. Thomas Condry will be taken back to West Virginia. Henry Harris, the colored man with his throat cut. will recover. The Pittsburg Lodge of Elks hold their Lodge of Sorrow attheAIvln Theater. Experts think it would pay to secure the city's water supply from Lakn Erie. The jail to be renovated and strengthened. 7 Liquormen congratulate themselves. on the provisions or tue new law. Frank Sweeney, Grana Master or the Switch men's Brotherhood, visits the Pittsburg; and Allegheny lodges. Physicians at tribute the increased sick roll to the poor water. Councilman Evans says the bond issne can bo stopped. Aman''whomnkes a business of marrying for money finds a victim hero. More sensational charges to be brought against Mavor Wyman. 8 Mrs. R. P.Lewis the wifo of an irate drummer prefers death to divorce. The polluted waters or the Ohio cause an epidemic of typhoid fever. Tho bond in crease sanctioned bv a vote of 6 to L The discharge of Holmes Anderson leaves Allegheny county with another murder mystery. Flour sack manafact nrers hold their annual meeting at tho Monongahela Honse. Business very dull. All school teachers salaries increased by the Central Board. 9 An all night schedule pnt into effect by the street car companies runni g to the East End. Mrs. Lewis makes a fourth attempt to commit suicide. Conncilmnn Evans explains why he will test in court;' the i-sne of bonds to pay contractors. The Beaver Valley Electric road ready for operation. Washington county forms a scheme for supplying the two cities with cood milk. 10 Collector of Internal Revenue Warm castle will probably have to vacate the office. The Byers land grant intact after a centnry of holdings. Mrs. Lewis ap pears in court to claim po-session or hr only child. The Committee on Publio Safety advise buried wires. Imported Huns not wanted in this locality. H A sensational suit be-run against tha Philadelphia Company by Lawyer Stev enson. Larry Murray, a burglar, walks out of court at its adjournment and Is lo3t sight of. Nothing gainpil against Mavor Wyman by the opening of the uanot ooxes. .Anurew carnpgie will at tend the meeting of the State musio teachers. John L. Shoonberger made a member of the Parisian Academy ot In ventors and given a gold medal. 12 The site or old Fort Fayette on Penn, avenue sold to A. T. Rowsnd for$230,lCO. The electric light company enters suls against Manager Divis of the Alvin Thc aterfor a large amount: they want to tear the lights out; Mr. Davis too ill to attend to business. The Legislature to be asked to allow the traction companies to run cars for transferring freight and express goods to remote parts of tha city. Delayed and deficient assessments cause much trouble. No moie Sunday excursions will be allowed on tho Tivers. 13 Milton B. Smith, while temporarily in sane, bangs himself in the cellar of his residence. Three yonng Indians, who escaped from the Carlisle Indian sohool, found in this city. Two boys from Oil City reach here on a raffcthey claim they were kidnaped. Plans uiscussed to join the rnilroad3 of North and South Amer ica. Two boys arrested for driving a stolen horse. Modjeska, owing to tho grip, will be unable to appear in this city. Superintendent Davis, of the trac tion company, resigns. 14 Methodist ministers propose church bil liard rooms to offset the saloon. Charges or forgery and fraud preferred aainsti Theodore Doerflinger. An heir of Ben jamin Trimble sties for a share of the es tate. Thomas O'Neill escapes from the Sheriff of Clearfield connty. Mrs. Catha rine Schroeder dies alone in a cellar. The fees of Millvale borough officers stopped. Two lines of street rars get right of way to Homestead. Traction magnates will purchase the vMleghenv Valley road for tho Pennsylvania Railroad. 15 Thesrip in this city is rapirtlv approach ing the dimensions of nn epidemic. Jury Commissioner and State Department Clerk Jiles wants to be returned to the State Committee. Chairman Hendricks says Murphy will not be whitewashed. Sharpsburg and iawreneeyilla people want 5-cent Tares. Iron men are dis gusted with the rod tape surrounding tha ireUht schedule, udjiistimijt. The Engi neers' Association of Western Pennsyl vania hold their meeting, v'be traction magnates discuss the combination of their lines with the Daquesn e IS Duquesne men say they are IKnights of Labor nnd will not workforElcinsif the lines unite. Many Indiana people with, faith in Father Mollinger visit Trby Hill. Many shoplifters in the stores'; two women thieves in the party. The ?jurnt out nroTiertv of Christ M. E. Churcli will probably be sold in a few days. Bight uponle in Allegheny poisoned bv n?alk. West Bellevue answers tho chargesof the indignant citizens. 17 The two traction lines uniie. and maki all possible promises to the pnblic. Night cars will be retained on the roads. The outlook for organized labor. Gompers saws tha boycott is a boom erang if nntairly used. Mayor Gourley asks for prompt reports from tho chiefs. Twenty fives lost on tho local traction roads during the first 11 months of the year. A hearing in the case of the sanity or John Woods. Magistrates to be asked for in Allegheny. 13 rorter A, Donaldson's wholesale trimminj I house on Liberty street destroyed by fire; tho loss over $1C0,000. Jndge Slagle de cides to see that juries are properly drawn and are not in politics. Local companies lorm a river sand trust. Ex County Detective Langhurst, of Alle gheny, arrested for attempting to de fraud his partner and. tho Second Na tional Bank. 19 The Western Mining Institute meet and discuss the dangers to miners from oil and gas wells. A Pittsburg merchant ends a romance by marrying his early love. Two colored attorneys, the first in the county, admitted to practice at the bar. Boggs & Buhl, Allegheny drygoods merchants, will onen a storo in Pitts- " burg. A tremendous explosion of natural gas, followed by a fire, wrecks a. Liberty street warehouse. Charles H. cooiman arrcsteu,upon wora irom uuiei Murphy, of Columbus, accusing him of forgery- 20 Pugilists prepare for a Sunday Sght on the Mayflower at Smithfleld street wharf. The entire puny captured by th' police. General Lowell, Chief of the Internal Revenue Agents, will place a deputy in, charge of Collector Warmcastle's office Chief Bigelow will search the Allegheny as far as Oil City to And the6il polluting1 the river. The Arsenal Park likely to be come a reality. Charles L. Davis. mana ger of the Alvin, recovers sufficiently to return to the theater. 21 True bills are found against Mayo? Wyman, ex-Mayor Pearson and Cleri Hastings, of Allegheny. Moro troublo ahead for the participmts of the May flower prize flght. All threo Chiefs ot the departments re-elected by Councils. The Health Bnrean will investigate parochial schools. The fight between, Jiles and Clark attracting; general at tention. John Dean, locked up in the Central station, twice tries to hang him self. 22 Two prisoners in the workhouse start writing a book, ana are pnt lu solitarv conflnement on bread and water for (O days. Dr. Dowie, the faith curer, calls Rev. Dr. Locke a liar. Councils will try to secure pure water. Members of the .Botanical Society exchange Christmas presents. Ye Tong after the great Chi nese secret societies. The railroads al ready crowded with home-going tour ists. 23 Traction patrons will pay no fare unless they are given seats. A dergynian ot 70 marries a bride of SOyears. Tho Ear .As sociation meets, but forgets to ind'irso Fettcrman. Comptroller or the Currency refuses to accept the resignation cf Bnlr Examiner Sheppard, Allegheny's Com mon Council cuts loose from ihe select Branch in its investigation of Chief Mur phy. They say there shall be no white washing. Aprisonerin tno Nineteenth, ward stntio commits snicide. 24 A three-storybrick building on Small man street blown to pieces by an ex plosion of natural cas;miracuIousescapa 6f M. F. Prichard and his lamily- Cure less drivers directly responsible for Io3. ., , or life on tho streets. A physician ays there is not much diphtheria hcroJrf Hebrews observe tho feast of dedication, Tho Iumseu Company's glasshonsojtt: burned. Two colored men flght wUh,?3 knlyes and both may die. 7 25 Thirteen dead make Coroner McDow ell's Christmas very 'gruesome. Will lam Tees accidontallyshoot.s his brother, and Edward Fallow shoots himself-Welsh again sing the glorious Christmas Eis teddfod. Every charitable institution . visited by kind-hearted benefactors, and presents left. Grocers are objecting to ' tho new" vinegar law. The Sewickley crossing made safe. 23 The Bar Association lndorsps Tetterman for Federal Judge. Tho Burr divorce , suit again in court, this time an actional v. sk&-,. Vt; t. S3